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NY A 7696

in committee

Prohibits a service charge or minimum balance requirement for attorney trust accounts

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 7696 pass?

Not yet. NY A 7696 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO BANKS

What is NY A 7696 about?

Prohibits a bank or trust company from charging a service charge or requiring a minimum balance for attorney trust or IOLA accounts that are non-interest bearing in nature; defines attorney trust account.

Who sponsors NY A 7696?

Latrice Walker is the primary sponsor of NY A 7696.

Description

Prohibits a bank or trust company from charging a service charge or requiring a minimum balance for attorney trust or IOLA accounts that are non-interest bearing in nature; defines attorney trust account.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO BANKS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Latrice Walkerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-08

    REFERRED TO BANKS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO BANKS

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6794not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6253not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3229not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5212not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2149not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 4090

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A7696?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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